Liquid Milk Production Of The Country Not Sufficient To Provide A Glass Of Milk Daily To Rural School Children -Patients Safety National Organization

The annual liquid Milk production of the country is not sufficient to fullfill the budget proposal on providing a glass of Milk to rural primary grade school children according to National Organization for Patients Safety.

The Organization has stressed that the country's liquid Milk production is only able to meet 10-15 percent of the total Milk demand of the country and around 200,000  liters of liquid Milk need to provide a 200 Mili liter Glass of Milk daily for rural school children numbering one million as proposed through the annual budget this year.

Therefore it is questionable how can the government provide a glass of liquid Milk to school children at this stage .If the government is planning to provide the Milk glass by using imported Milk powder we will oppose   the move as there's a quality problem in imported Milk powder the secretary of the Organization Dammika Edirisinghe has said.